I actually shouldn't talk, because I don't really listen to much tech death. I just happen to like Augury.

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As much as I like Augury, I don't quite know if it really falls under Tech Death. Maybe if the umbrella is a wide one, but they incorporate too many other elements. I did have to think about it before omitting it.

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I still have trouble distinguishing between the two. Enlighten me, oh sage of the genres.

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Augury incorporates influences from disparate genres outside of the canon of technical death metal. I can see how people would characterize them as such though. Technical death metal usually still sounds rooted in DM, whereas progressive DM may utilize bizarre instrumentation, exotic structures (which are not just the result of "technicality" aka key shifts, time signature shifts, etc.) and shit like operatic vocals like Augury

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